Gamera: Guardian of the Universe (1995)
He's a friend to children! He's here to save us! He's a giant turtle with tusks and fire breath and rockets in his ass! He's Gamera, motherfucker! How can you not love him? Hits that deep-guilty-pleasure spot buried somewhere in the brain while also genuinely not being too bad as these things go. (The sequels are apparently even better.) The monster suits and visual FX are also much better than you'd expect. Bogs down in the middle, what with the psychic linkage and the long speeches about environmentalism and the no Gamera action, but it rallies for a rip-snorting finale. Best line: "Someday I'll show you around a monster-free Tokyo." Now isn't that just the greatest pickup line ever? Next time I'm in a bar, I'm using that.
Grade: B-
He's a friend to children! He's here to save us! He's a giant turtle with tusks and fire breath and rockets in his ass! He's Gamera, motherfucker! How can you not love him? Hits that deep-guilty-pleasure spot buried somewhere in the brain while also genuinely not being too bad as these things go. (The sequels are apparently even better.) The monster suits and visual FX are also much better than you'd expect. Bogs down in the middle, what with the psychic linkage and the long speeches about environmentalism and the no Gamera action, but it rallies for a rip-snorting finale. Best line: "Someday I'll show you around a monster-free Tokyo." Now isn't that just the greatest pickup line ever? Next time I'm in a bar, I'm using that.
Grade: B-
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